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PHOTOS: Blanche Taylor Moore, oldest woman on NC's death row

Thursday, February 14, 2019
Blanche Taylor Moore hears the jury's verdict at her murder trial in Winston-Salem.
Blanche Taylor Moore's family is grief-stricken after she was found guilty.
Judge William Freeman presided over the murder trial in Forsyth County.
Her defense attorneys console Blanche Taylor Moore after the guilty verdict.
Blanche Taylor Moore, long a figure of detached cool, becomes emotional after she was found guilty of first-degree murder.
Blanche Taylor Moore, long a figure of detached cool, becomes emotional after she was found guilty of first-degree murder.
Blanche Taylor Moore was sentenced to death for the murder of Raymond Reid Sr.
Blanche Taylor Moore enters the courtroom for an appeal before the state's supreme court.
The North Carolina Supreme Court found in 1994 that Blanche Taylor Moore did receive a fair trial and denied her appeal.
Blanche Taylor Moore, a churchgoing mother, and grandmother seemed an unlikely serial killer.
Blanche Taylor Moore is the oldest woman on North Carolina's death row.
Blanche Taylor Moore, left, reacts with her attorney David Tamer as she is sentenced to death in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Rev. Dwight Moore survived despite having more than 100 times the normal level of arsenic in his system, a world record.
Blanche Taylor Moore on the stand at her trial.
Blanche Taylor Moore and her defense team.
Blanche Taylor Moore is escorted for a pretrial hearing in Graham, North Carolina.
Blanche Taylor Moore enters the old courthouse building in Graham, North Carolina.
Surrounded by media, Blanche Taylor Moore enters the old courthouse building in Graham, North Carolina.
Blanche Taylor Moore leaves after a court appearance in Graham, North Carolina.
Blanche Taylor Moore enters the old courthouse in Graham, North Carolina.
Though she was charged with multiple murders, Blanche Taylor Moore only stood trial for the death of the boyfriend, Raymond Reid.
Blanche Taylor Moore's cool demeanor and wry smile were on display throughout the trial.
Authorities exhumed five bodies in 1989 as they unraveled Blanche Moore's dark past.
Authorities exhumed five bodies in 1989 as they unraveled Blanche Moore's dark past. Four of those showed elevated levels of arsenic.
Blanche Taylor Moore has maintained her innocence to this day.
In the late 80s and early 90s, North Carolina was gripped by the tale of the Black Widow Killer.
Blanche Taylor Moore testified in her defense, denying all allegations against her.
Courtrooms were packed during the high-interest trial.
The grave of Blanche's father, who had elevated, if non-lethal levels of arsenic in his system.
Blanche Taylor Moore and her defense team leave the courthouse in Graham, North Carolina.
Why did she do it? Jurors and prosecutors maintained she killed for financial gain.
Three different men either married to or intimately involved with Blanche Moore died, or barely escaped death, from arsenic poisoning, the state supreme court noted.
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Blanche Taylor Moore hears the jury's verdict at her murder trial in Winston-Salem.
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